Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Sridhar, you have said rightly. Gita does not advocate non attachement towards work, insted it asks everyone to engage in action. But what Gita stresses is non attachement towards result. The Gita asks us to know our Dharma (duty) and do according to it, and never worry about the things which are out of our control. Leave that to God. For eg, a student wants to get first rank. For this he has to work hard and write exam properly. Now working hard and writing exam are under the control of student,and ones the exam is written he has to stop worrying about results. After writing exams he doesn't have any control over getting first rank. Here working hard is action and getting rank is result. Krishna tells us to concentrate on action and not on result. But some people say, having a desire to get first rank itself is wrong, we should control over such desires. I really doubt Krishna advocates anywhere such thing in Gita. Krishna himself says The objects recede from an abstinent man, with the exception of the taste (for them). Even the taste of this person falls away after realization the Absolute. 2.59 The desire can go away only after attaining the realization. Till then everyone ill have desire for some thing or the other. And we need the right discrimination (Viveka) ability to decide what desire we need to have. And some people think since result is not in our hand so no need to work. But this is also wrong from Gita point of view b'cos we are not doing our duty . So to practise Gita we need to know our duty (dharma) and each stage of life has its own duty's. For a Grihasta looking after family is highest duty and to fulfill that earning money is a necessity and there is nothing wrong in earning money as per Gita. sarvam vasudevamayam jagath Prashanth > Tue, 02 Apr 2002 22:21:40 -0500 > " Sreedhar T. Bharath " <sbharath > Re: Digest Number 1093 > > Reg. Practicising non-attachment to our work : > > From my understanding Gita does not suggest non-attachment to your work. > If you see the world which has many successful people, one common denominator > seems to be the passion those people bring to their work. Without this > passion, one will not have the motivation to work. being passionate about > what you do increases the chances > that you will make a success out of it - you will put your heart and soul > into it > > What Gita suggests however is that you have no right to expect results in > your favor just because you have put in the work. Your right is to work and > it is in your control. The results of your work which is a consequence is not > in your control. By expecting results > you get attached to the world and hence that begets misery. > > What is required is " detached attachement " - attach yourself to the process > which is a great way you can improve your chances of success in what you do > in this earthly life. > (Krishna himself says in the Gita that action is the governing principle of > all living beings. By your very nature you cannot be inactive - every breath > you take is an action for instance). Detach yourself from the results - Gita > offers a practical way to detach - Offer the fruits of all > your actions to the Lord. > > Thakurji talks about it in a few instances among many others : > > 1) He likens living in this world in a detached manner as follows ; The world > is a jack fruit. Apply oil on your palms (renunciation) before you start > peeling it and begin enjoying the fruit within. That way you will not be > disturbed by the icky exterior of the fruit in your endeavors. > > 2) Another analogy given by Thakurji is that God is like the pillar in the > center of a house. Hold on to the pillar and revolve around just like what a > kid does while playing without the fear of falling. That way you always know > what to focus on as the support in your life while playing > (conducting your actions in this world). > > 3) Someone asked about the essence of GITA to Thakurji - He told the > questioner to repeat Gita quickly 10 times without taking a breath. If you do > that you find that Gita morphs into Tyagi (renounciate) - So Thakurji > explained that the essence of Gita is renounciation. > > > love, > Sreedhar > > > Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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